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French writer and journalist
Laurent Obertone in 2022

Laurent Obertone (born 10 April 1984) is a French writer and journalist. He has written polemical books which the French media describes as reactionary. His first book, La France Orange mécanique [fr], became a bestseller in 2013. He is known for his novel trilogy Guérilla (2016–2022), which is about civil war in France.

Life and work

The name Laurent Obertone is a pseudonym which the author began to use in 2010 when he wrote for the online magazine Ring. The same year, the novelist Michel Houellebecq created media reactions by bringing Obertone to a dinner with President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Élysée Palace, following Houellebecq's Prix Goncourt win for The Map and the Territory. Obertone received more attention in 2013 when his own book La France Orange mécanique [fr] (transl. The Clockwork Orange France) became a bestseller. The book is about increasing violence in France, which Obertone links to immigration and calls "the wildening" (French: l'ensauvagement) of the country. It was followed by several polemical books, including 2015's La France Big Brother [de] (transl. The Big Brother France), a critical analysis of how France is ruled which L'Express described as "reactionary" and "sexist".

Obertone's writings have made an impact on France's far right, mainstream right, and a few government ministers in the cabinets of Édouard Philippe and Jean Castex.

Obertone has written a trilogy of novels called Guérilla (2016–2022), which is about how civil war breaks out in France, spurred on by social media and mainstream journalists. The novels became bestsellers.

Together with Papacito [fr], Marsault [fr] and Laura Magné, he co-founded the quarterly satire magazine La Furia. The first issue was published in January 2022 and sold 60,000 copies.

Publications

Non-fiction

Novels

References

  1. ^ Hugues, Bastien (7 March 2013). "Trois choses à savoir sur Laurent Obertone, le journaliste fétiche du FN". France Info (in French). Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  2. Dupuis, Jérôme (23 January 2013). "Houellebecq, Sarkozy et l'ultraviolence en France". L'Express. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  3. Sénécat, Adrien (14 January 2015). ""La France Big Brother", le pamphlet réactionnaire et sexiste de Laurent Obertone". L'Express (in French). Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  4. "«La France interdite» de Laurent Obertone, le livre de chevet de Marine Le Pen". L'Opinion (in French). 30 November 2018. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  5. "Que contient la liste de livres recommandés par le FN à ses militants ?". Les Inrocks (in French). Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  6. "Laurent Obertone se désiste de son procès contre Mediapart". blogs.mediapart.fr. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  7. "L'UMP s'intéresserait à Laurent Obertone". BFMTV (in French). Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  8. Celnik, Nicolas (7 August 2020). "«Ensauvagement» : le grand retournement". Libération (in French). Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  9. "VIDEO. Opération de police à Grenoble : "On n'a pas besoin de communication, on a besoin d'action", estime François-Xavier Bellamy". France Info (in French). 27 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  10. ""Ensauvagement" : quelle est l'histoire de ce terme utilisé à tout-va par Darmanin et l'extrême droite ?". LCI (in French). Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  11. "L'« ensauvagement », un mot à l'histoire sinueuse, surtout utilisé par l'extrême droite". Le Monde (in French). 3 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  12. Hussey, Andrew (9 August 2023). "Civil war isn't coming to France — for now". The Spectator. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  13. Cassini, Sandrine (23 May 2022). "« La Furia », le « Hara-Kiri » de droite radicale". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  14. Vantroyen, Jean-Claude (28 August 2013). "Laurent Obertone dans la tête d'Anders Breivik". Le Soir (in French). Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  15. Watremez, Rémy (24 June 2019). "Rentrée littéraire 2019 : Laurent Obertone de la partie avec son nouveau livre". Lettres it be (in French). Retrieved 1 September 2023.
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